Unmistaken Child

One thing is for sure. Zombies are not reincarnated beings. They have not died just yet. Being a zombie, I was curious to see what is this reincarnation deal as I wanted to find out where to sign up for it. Then I watched Unmistaken Child, a film by Nati Baraz about faith.  More than a movie it is a documentary about the reincarnation of a Tibetan master and the search of the child that is the new reincarnation of that master.

The story focuses in Tenzin Zopa, a young monk who has been appointed by the Dalai Lama to track down his master's reincarnated self and re-discover his mentor in the body of a new born child.

This is not matter of believing or not in reincarnation. For some it would be about superstition and absurdity, but for me its about understanding other people's culture and sacred beliefs. To me all seems so foreign and at the same time so interesting.  The travel to find the Lama's reincarnation is very interesting and shows a culture way distant from ours.

I did enjoy the movie and I will give it a 7 zombies out of 10. The only disappointment is that I did not find out where to sign up for the reincarnation business. I am working on it.

ZOMBIEFILMS (I)

 Películas que  muestren  nuestras  peculiares características hay muchas. Pero con esta  28 days later, dirigida por Danny Boyle  en el 2002 podemos dar comienzo al carrusel de  las mejores.  Adjunto una reseña:

Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim, wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else to find London is deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena and Mark rescue him from the horde and bring him up to date on the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart. This is a tale of survival and ultimately, heroics, with nice subtext about mankind's savage nature.

You don't choose family

Zombie development -Argentina, by Daniel Paz-

A Golden Idea, vol. 1

Numbers mean nothing

Numbers. They say a lot and they say nothing. Weird looking zombie-teen sensation Justin Bieber has reached -allegedly- 250 million hits in YouTube. Or that is what we are told. Just so you can imagine what does it mean 250 million, just write this number... 250,000,000. That is the entire population of France, Spain, Argentina and Mexico all together. That is a LOT of zombies watching an on-line video. And a bad video.

So, who is this young music wonder you will ask. Justin Bieber is a 16 year old Canadian who was "discovered" by a music agent last year. This guy took Bieber's home video and showed to music star Usher. Then Usher decided to give him a chance (lingo for owning him) and, in less than a year... well... 250 million people have claimed watching his latest music video.

I don't know about you, but I feel that nowadays zombies are easily manipulated with numbers. Who is going to actually confirm that 250 million hist have been reached?...only Youtube can do that. One hit is money...250 million hits its a lot of money. The more you say it, the more expectation you create and the more zombies want to go and see it by themselves. Pure manipulation.

There is a lot of money to be made in the music industry. Its insane. No quality needed, just manipulation. If you don't believe me, ask the "biebians" (a large group of lesbians that have modified their look to look, well...like Justin Bieber).

Underwater exploration

In Chicago they are keeping an eye on you

Now a days we are very used to been watched over by thousands of video cameras that have been installed for "our security" in all cities all over the world, but in Chicago they just went overboard.

Tony Tasset has unveiled his centrepiece for Chicago Loop Alliance's ArtLoop 2010, a 30ft (10 metres) spherical structure made out of fibreglass and reinforced steel base. This big eye (what else to call it) will be on display until the end of October and its situated in Chicago's Pritzker Park, downtown the windy city.

People are not happy about it. Somehow they feel watched over. They claim that they feel intimidated by the Big Eye as they don't like to be watched all the time... and I wonder: what about the other zillion cameras watching them 24/7?

The Eye of The Beholder 1

If your underwear could talk...

I am sure that it would tell incredible stories that you keep as a top secret. Zombies all over the planet are so confident that underwear can not talk that they do all sort of things, as they are sure that nobody will ever know. Until now.

Our good friends from MIT have created, after more than a decade of hard work, a new fabric that can not only listen but can reproduce sounds. Dr. Yoel Fink's team has been able to actually produce fibres that are able to detect sound (ouch!) and produce sound (double ouch!).

Accordingly to this scientific team, the new fabric is able to capture human voice and monitor body functions all the way from blood flow to brain pressure. The fibres are called "multi material piezoelectric fibres".

This is not that crazy...remember that you can actually buy now a days "forget-me-not-panties", which is underwear that can pinpoint your location, give you your temperature and heart rate. Let's say... trackable underwear. If you are a jealous zombie, this is the product for you to give as a Valentine's present to your girlfriend. No more cheating and not knowing the whereabouts of female zombies. The ultimate gift.

So, in the near future, be careful. You might want to think twice before eating those bean burritos. Your underwear might complain.

Where are mine?

Darth Vader has stormtroopers, Buzz has tons of martians and Gru has Tim, Bob, Mark, Phil and zillion more minions. I want mine. I want minions!

If you close your eyes the Internet will disappear

Accordingly to music legend Prince, "the internet is completely over" as stated to the interview he gave to the British publication The Mirror in his first newspaper interview in 10 years. He is not a happy camper with Apple's Itunes music distribution business and muscle power. "I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They don't pay me in advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it"

This money-driven zombie released his latest album "20 Ten" for free through various European print media (including the Daily Mirror and its Scottish affiliate, The Daily Record...that is 2.5 million free units) instead of succumbing to iTunes muscle power. You won't be able to find it on line.

Prince has banned both YouTube and iTunes from using his music, calling the web obsolete. He also said that the internet is like MTV... outdated and that all those digital gadgets just fill your head with numbers and that that can't be good for you. 

Knowing Prince's past dealings one wonders if his tantrum is out of real passion or another attempt to get more cash for his work. I do remember when he was unhappy with his old record label and decided to change his name to an impossible to pronounce symbol to boycott the contract he had with them. Back then was all about money... and now?

Then he gave the US distribution of his album LotusFlo3r, MPL Sound & Elixer to the North American retailer Target...

I guess is good that Prince does not dislike simple things like, I don't know...the Sun, the sky or air, otherwise they would not exist, accordingly to his humble being. Now, those who know music claim that this new release is actually very good. 

Time to read

Spain's NEW Flag

A new level for weird

If you think that you have seen all there is to see, you are wrong. Now, for about 5 pounds (like $8.00 US) you can buy jam made from one of Princess Diana's hairs.

Thanks to our good friend Sam Bompas, owner of Bompas and Parr Catering Company, you can bring breakfast to a whole new level, as he took a piece of the late princess of Wales' hair and infused it with gin (I guess everything tastes better with gin), then combined with milk and sugar to make the preserve, which tastes like condensed milk.

The piece of hair came from eBay and he paid only $10 (US) from a CELEBRITY HAIR COLLECTOR (not weird at all). The product is called Occult Jam and can be bought at the Barbican Art Gallery, who has sold already 500 units in one week.

Also you can buy Absinthe and Pineapple Jam that contains sand from the Great Pyramid and Plum and Oak which is made with Courvoisier Cognac infused with wood from Nelson's ship The Victory.

So, next time you go and get a haircut, think twice before leaving the grooming place. You could be leaving a bundle just there on the floor. Remember that since the dawn of man all zombies have been looking for ways to preserve the spirit of great people. These guys are achieving what alchemists fail in their quest to turn base metal into gold. The secret of eternal life might just be there, on the barbershop's floor. You never know.

Photo by Beth Evans.

Unexplainable Zombie Behaviour .

Zombies KEEP all sorts of things for no reason. One of them are rubber bands. If a zombie gets his mail bundled up with a rubber band, the zombie will keep the rubber band. It will be placed where all rubber bands go. To a drawer where the rest of them live. They will stay there until one day they just dry-up and die.

If the rubber band is found on the ground, with the groceries, etc etc... the fate will be the same. Why?

Why can't we just throw them away?...is not that they are soo expensive or useful (and please don't say that keeping rubber bands makes you greener because I will laugh at you so hard)

Now..zombies who make rubber band balls... that is another post.

Closer to Heaven 1

There are places that just look and feel perfect. This is one of them.